Well...I decided to learn on an electric...one with some power and the hobby zone "Super Cub" seemed to be the best place to learn for me. I had absolutely no experience with r/c airplanes and was I humbled!! I'm very fortunet tha I have a local county park with a dedicated airpark with runway and a really nice setup. I bought this plane acouple of days ago....read up on things....checked it all out for trim and controls and was ready to fly.

Well lucky for me there were a couple of guys putting away their heli's when I showed up pretty close to dusk...the sun was still up and it was actually the best time to fly right now here....it's so hot!!! Anyway....one of the guys is a plane expert so he decides to stay around and watch the fun of a newbie....lol.

I was smart enough to let him get her airborn for me and then he handed over the controls and off I went. I flew her for about 10 mins. finding out just how difficult it is to fly towards your direction and just getting used to the controls and throttle. Well I did pretty good...did my first roll.....it was cool. So I decided to start trying to bring her in down close to come into the wind for a landing....about that time my new friend tells me "If you want to live to fly another day...let me land her for you"....well I'm coming down and wanted to see if I could get her in position in one pass and if not just give it over to him....well bonehead me all of the sudden pulled a straight nose down dive straight into the ground at somewhere between 30-50' in altitude....at full throttle.

So we head over to the grassy area where she is....he's letting me know my plane is probably trashed...but to our surprise...she was very much ok!

The wing got alittle crooked with the bands shifting...landing gear bent just abit....and the engine cowling was pretty broken up.....but the prop was just fine and all seemed great!!!

We started her back up and he had me toss it and off she went back up and he flew her around for a couple of minutes and brought her in for a PERFECT landing..even with the bent gear.

I know I was really really lucky...but my hat is really off to the folks at Hobby Zone....this super cub is built super tough and flys wonderfully....I just need LOTS of easy going practice. My new friend is going to come out and fly with me the next couple of days so I hope to learn alot.....Once again.....if your a newbie...get a super cub...you won't be sorry and you'll have a good plane to start with...imo.